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to pay.
to discharge an obligation, debt, &c.
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  • Wið hé gulde ꝥ scyld

    donec redderet debitum

    ,
      Mt. L. 18, 30: 34.
  • (l a) with dat. of person paid

    Ryhtlícor wé magon cweðan ðæt wé him gielden scylde ðonne wé him mildheortnesse dón,

      Past. 335, 19.
  • (l b) used absolutely

    Ne hæfde hona gulde,

      Mt. L. 18, 25.

  • Huona guldon,

      Lk. L. 7, 42.
to pay an impost (tax, tribute, &c.)
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  • ꝥ him leófre wǽre tó feohtanne þonne gafol tó gieldanne,

      Ors. l, 10 ; S. 44, 14.
  • (2 a) with dat. of person paid

    Sió wiht (

    a ship

    ) werum gieldeð gaful geára gehwám,
      Rä. 33, II. Ús
    deáþ mycel gafol geald, Bl. H. 85, 12.

  • Man geald ǽrest gafol Deniscan mannum,

      Chr. 991; P. 127, 3.

  • Geldas ðá ðe sint cæseres ðǽm cásere,

      Mk. L. R. 12, 17.

  • Hié geniéddon ꝥ hié him gafol guidon,

      Ors. 10; S. 14, 19.
  • Man sceolde gafol gyldon þám flotan. Chr. 1002; P. 133, 32.

  • Þá norðmonnum niéde sceoldon gombon gieldan and gafol sellan,

      Gen. 1978.
  • Gyldan, B. II.
to pay a legal exaction (
wergild, wíte, &c.)
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  • Mana þone þæs ángyldes; gif hé næbbe, gyld (gild,

    v. l.

    ) þú ꝥ ángylde.
      Ll. Th. i. 116, II. Gielde hé fut wíte, 128, 18.

  • Gylde hé lahslit mid Deniscum, wíte mid Englum,

      170, I : 172, 1: 384, 20.

  • Gilde hé þæs cynges oferhýrnesse . . . Gif hé ryht wyrcan nylle, ne þá oferhýrnesse syllan . . . ,

      208, 26.

  • Gielden his mǽgas þone wer,

      148, 18. ꝥ man gulde ꝥ ceápgild, 208, 22. ꝥ hé þeófgyld ne gulde, 280, 13 : 294, 23. (3 a) with dat. of person paid :--
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  • Swá forð ꝥ ful golden sý,

      174, 29.
where the object of the verb is
that which is used to pay with,
to pay cash, &c.
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  • Ðæt hé him gielde gód weorc for ðǽre giefe ðe hé him ǽr sealde,

      Past. 339, II.
the amount paid
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  • Hé ǽlce geáre gyld .i. pund tó geswutelunga,

      C. D. ii. 300, 8.
  • Seó burhwaru on Lundene guldon .xi. þúsend punda. Chr. 1018 ; P. 155, 12.

  • Gesylle (

    v. l.

    gylde) hé .xxx. sciłł.,
      Ll. Th. i. 204, 20: 208, ll.
    Gilde hé landrícan .xx. óran, 294, 17: 296, 2.

  • Æt þám óðrum táum healf gelde,

      20, 3.

  • Se cyning hét gyldan þám here .xxi. þúsend punda, Chr. 1014; P. 145, 25. ' Huu micel áht ðú tó geldanne hláferde mínum ?' Hé cuoeð: ' Hundteántih ombras oeles , ' Lk. L. 16, 5. (bb)

    to repay

    an amount taken or borrowed :-- Wénstú gif hwá óðrum hwæt gieldan sceal, hwæðer hé hine mid ðý gehealdan mæge ðæt hé him náuht máre on ne nime, ne ðæt ne gielde ðæt hé ǽr nam?,
      Past. 425, 1-3.

  • Tuoege scyldgo (

    debitores) woeron sume ríce menn (feneratori ),

    án áhte tó geldanne penningas fíf hund, óðer fífteih,
      Lk. L. 7, 41.
the manner or extent of payment given by an adverb (word, phrase, or clause)
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  • Gif man mannan ofsleá, ágene scætte and unfácne feó gelde,

      Ll. Th. i. ID, 5.

  • Ǽlc tihtbysig man gange tó þryfealdan ordále, oþþe gilde feówergilde,

      294, 10.
  • Gilde hé .iii. gylde, 15.

  • Ðá hwíle ðe hié peningas hæbben mid tó gieldanne,

      Past. 327, 18.
with the idea of recompense, retribution,
to give reward,
give as retribution
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  • Sé þé eft gyldeð þá þú him ǽr forgeáfe, and ús eallum gesealdest

    qui retribuet tibi retributionem tuam quam tu retribuisti nobis

    ,
      Ps. Th. 136, 8.

  • Hé him dǽda leán gieldeð,

      Gú. 95.

  • Ceig ðá wercmenn, and geld him meard,

      Mt. L. 20, 8.

  • Bið golden retribuetur (ei juxta opera manmim suarum), Kent. Gl. 410 :

    retribuentur (justis bona)

    , 463.
used absolutely , to reward, requite, give reward to (dat. )
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  • Þú mínre sáwle gyldest

    retribues in anima mea

    ,
      Ps. Th. 130, 4.

  • Gyld oferhýdigum, swá hí ǽr grame worhton,

      93, 2.

  • Drihten wile ǽghwylcum ánum men gyldan and leánigean æfter his sylfes weorcum and dǽdum, Bl. H. 123, 34: Ps. Th. 102, 10. (bb) where the means of reward are given,

    to reward with (mid )

    :-- Hé þé mid wíte gieldeð, swilce þám óðrum mid eádwelan,
      Fä. 19.

  • Hé þé mid góde gyldan wille uncran eaferan,

      B. 1184.
to pay for,
with idea of gratitude, to repay, make grateful return for a benefit to a person (dat. )
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  • Swá gé weorð-myndu Dryhtne gieldað,

      Gú. 435.

  • Geald þone gúðrǽs Geáta dryhten Iofore and Wulfe mid ofermáðmum,

      B. 2991.

  • Swétne medo Hnæfe guldon his hægstealdas,

      Fin. 40.

  • Mé leánum míne gife gyldan,

      Gen. 413: B. 2636. (l a) with clause :--
    Gyld mé mid hyldo, þæt ic þé hneáw ne wæs, Gen. 2823.

  • Þé wile gásta weard lissum gyldan, þæt þé wæs leófra his sibb . . . ,

      2920.
  • (1 b) of ungrateful return for a benefit

    Woldon hié þæt feorhleán fácne gyldan,

      Exod. 150.
with idea of reprisal, to repay an injury,
take vengeance for
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  • Hé nǽnigum yfel wiþ yfele geald,

      Bl. H. 223, 33.

  • Ne geald hé yfel yfele,

      El. 493.

  • Him þæt swíðe geald fædera Lothes,

      Gen. 2079.

  • Folc Ebréa guldon hyra fyrngeflitu fágum swyrdum,

      Jud. 263.

  • Gif hý him ne meahte máran sárum gyldan gyrnwræce,

      Gú. 405. (2 a) with clause :--
    Gyldað mid gyrne, þæt heó ússa goda meaht forhogde, Jul. 619.
with idea of compensation, reparation, &c.
to pay for property lost or wrongly held, an object improperly treated, a person improperly entertained
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  • Ǽghwilcre sprǽce þe máre sý þonne .iiii. mancussas . . . gif hé ne dyrre (hine ládian), gylde hit (

    the subject of the suit) þrygilde, Ll. Th. i. 154, II. Gylde ꝥ hé mid beléd wæs (what he was charged with stealing ),

      354, 15.

  • Sceáp sceal gongan mid his fliése oð midne sumor, oþþe gilde ꝥ fliése mid twám pænirgum, 146, II. Gylde ꝥ pound; yrfe (

    stolen cattle

    ),
      352, 7.

  • Sé þe óðres mannes man underfó . . . gylde hine þǽm þe hé ǽr folgode, and gesylle þám cynge .cxx. sciłł., 220, 21 : 122, l. Gif ic gesealde land (

    land which ought to have gone in the male line

    ) ǽnigre wífhanda, þonne forgyldan míne mǽgas . . . For ðon ic cweþe ꝥ hí hit gyldan . . . ,
      Cht. Th. 491, 21-29.

  • Gif mon áfelle on wuda wel monega treówu . . . fogielde .iii. treówu ǽlc mid .xxx. sciłł. . . . Ne þearf hé hiora má geldan,

      Ll. Th. i. 128, 22.

  • Be ǽlces nýtenes weorðe gif hí losiað. Hors mon sceal gyldan mid .xxx. sciłł. . . . Ungesawene þing mon mót mid áðe gewyrðan, and syþþan be þám gyldan,

      356, 1-7.
to pay for a criminal
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  • Gif hé (

    an accused person

    ) ꝥ ordál forfleó, gilde se borh hine be his were,
      Ll. Th. i. 296, 5.
to pay wergild
for a slain person
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  • Gif wíteþeów hine forstalie, hó hine mon and ne gylde his hláforde. Gif hine mon ofsleá, ne gylde hine mon his mǽgum,

      Ll. Th. i. 118, 6-8.

  • Gielde hé hine þriddan dǽle . . . healfne dǽl hine gilde . . . ealne hé hine gylde,

      120, 12-15.

  • Gif Ænglisc man Deniscne ofsleá, gylde hine mid .xxx. pundum,

      286, 21: 24.

  • Gif man ofslægen weorðe, gylde hine man swá hé geboren sý,

      174, 15.

  • Ne þearf hé hine búton be healfan were gyldan . . . healf wer ætfealð,

      354, 19. (cc)
    where the object is omitted :-- Gif mannes esne eorlcundne mannan ofslæhð, þane þe sió (v. se;
l g), þreóm hundum sciłł. gylde (he shall be paid for with three hundred shillings); se ágend þone banan ágefe and dó þǽr þrió manwyrð tó. Gif se bana oðbyrste, feórðe manwyrð hé tó gedó . . . Gif mannes esne frígne mannan ofslæhð, þane þe sié, hund scillinga gelde; se ágend þone banan ágefe and óðer manwyrð þǽr tó. Gif bana oðbyrste, twám manwyrðum hine man forgelde, Ll. Th. i. 26, 8 - 28, 8. [From these passages the manwyrð seems to have been 100s., as the payment for any eorlcund man is spoken of both as 300s. and as þrió manwyrþ, that for any free man as 100s, or as a manwyrð; in either case if the slayer could not be given up an additional manwyrþ had to be paid, making in the one case four, in the other two manwyrþ.]
of religious practice v. gild ;
with object, to pay a vow,
pay homage to a divinity
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  • On mé synd, God, þæt ic þé mín gehát on herenesse, hyldo gilde

    in me sunt, Deus, vota tua, quae reddam, laudationes tibi

    ,
      Ps. Th. 55, 10. ꝥte ic gelde oest mín, Rtl. 169, 7. (l a) absolute :--
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  • Þé gedafenað, Drihten, þæt þé man on Sion herige and on Hierusalem gylde and geháte (

    tibi reddetur votum in Hierusalem

    ), 64, I.
without object,
to worship, sacrifice to
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  • Gif ceorl búton wífes wísdóme deóflum gelde. . . Gif bútwú deóflum geldað. . . Gif þeúw deóflum geldaþ (-eþ?),

      Ll. Th. i. 40, 4-7.

  • Hit áwriten is be Salamone, hú hé . . . áfióll, emne oð ðæt hé dióflum ongan gieldan

    Salomon usque ad idolatriam cecidisse describitur

    ,
      Past. 393, 15.

  • Hé eorlum onmǽlde , . . þæt hié gegnunga gyldan sceolde, Dan. 212. Lupercalibus þǽm gildendum.

    Luperci vocantur illi sacerdotes qui ministrant deo qui vocatur Pan

    ,
      Wrt. Voc. ii. 86, 54: 52, 40.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “gildan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/50745.

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